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Moat Crossing

The moat required both players to climb sideways across a huge net at the same time, with one player on each side of the net, in order to get to the other side of the Moat (during the description of the rules, Kirk hit the gong a few seconds later than usual). The Moat was not as difficult as it might sound, though— it ended in only about 25 seconds, with the Orange Iguanas locking in first, followed closely by the Purple Parrots and then a near-tie between the Silver Snakes and Red Jaguars.

Moat Results

Place

Team

Time

1st

Orange Iguanas

0:19

2nd

Purple Parrots

0:25

3rd

Silver Snakes

0:27

4th

Red Jaguars

0:27

Steps of Knowledge

One of the bravest explorers in Africa was the Reverend Charles New, a missionary who was the first man to reach the snows of Mount Kilimanjaro. The tallest mountain in Africa, Kilimanjaro has snow atop it year-round. In 1886, Reverend New called to Tofiki, his cook and native guide.

"What uganga is the mzungu up to now?" thought Tofiki, but he faithfully led the way.

For days they struggled upward until, exhausted— and with only fruit left to eat— they made camp early. But Reverend New saw something reflecting the moonlight. He walked a little further, and there at his feet lay a huge expanse of snow!

"Tofiki! Tofiki, come here!"

Picturing the missionary in the mouth of a leopard, Tofiki grabbed his spear and came running!

"It's snow, Tofiki, snow…"

"Snow?! Geez, bud, don't scare me like that!"

"You don't understand."

But Tofiki just turned and stomped back to the campsite. The excited reverend chopped off a piece of the hard-packed snow, and legend has it that later, Tofiki— ever the chef— squeezed the last of the oranges over the ice, creating the first snow cone which, oddly enough, made its way to the Temple.

Steps of Knowledge Results

Question

Answers

Team

Is the tallest mountain in Africa…?

Mount Sinai

Mount Whitney

Mount Kilimanjaro

Silver Snakes (2 steps left)

Is there snow atop Mount Kilimanjaro…?

Only in Winter

Year-Round

Only in Spring

Red Jaguars (2 steps left)

Were Charles New and his guide in danger of…?

Rockslides

Earthquakes

Running out of food

Orange Iguanas (2 steps left)

Other than an explorer, did Reverend New work as…?

An Orthodontist

A Missionary

Silver Snakes (1 step left)

Was Reverend New's guide named…?

Ijiki

Tofiki

Silver Snakes (Advanced to Temple Games)

Besides being a guide, was Tofiki…?

A Great Hunter

A Good Cook

Red Jaguars (1 step left)

On Kilimanjaro, did Reverend New find…?

Gold

Snow

Purple Parrots (2 steps left)

Did Reverend New explore Africa in…?

The 1700s

The 1800s

Purple Parrots (1 step left)

Someone who studies mountains and rocks is known as a….

Podiatrist

Geologist

Mountainologist

Purple Parrots (Wrong Answer)

Red Jaguars (Advanced to Temple Games)

Temple Games

Floating Chunks of Ice (Sinking Steps)

The first game pitted the girls against each other in a race to find the correct path across the "floating chunks of ice" to the other side. (This was the first time the game was used, and for the first few episodes, the team players had to move in opposite directions before it was discovered that this could make the game too easy, as the later half of each player's path was made up of the first steps their opponent took— starting both players off on the same side made the game a bit fairer.) Both players had difficulty getting started, and neither made it all the way across within the time limit. With 16 seconds remaining, Nissa made it all the way to the third-to-last step before landing on a sinking step, but Heather never made it quite as far, so the first half Pendant of the day went to the Red Jaguars.

Backpack Grab (Swinging Foam Boulders)

The second game required the boys to grab backpacks for the expedition up Kilimanjaro, all the while dodging a giant swinging foam boulder. Both players started off by getting the first two backpacks with no problem at all, but after that, they had a lot of trouble dodging the swinging foam boulder. Eventually Kevin and Casey each got one more "rock," but at the end, the game was still a tie, awarding each team a half Pendant. So far, the score was 1-½.

Mountain Pass (Big "E" Wall)

The third game was the vertical maze used throughout most of the show's final season; Olmec explained it as the players being chained to one another for safety's sake as they make their way around a sheer cliff to reach a mountain pass. It was a very close game, but since neither team moved all that fast, it was also close to the buzzer. With only three seconds left, the Silver Snakes made it to the mountain pass first, earning themselves a full Pendant and winning the Temple Games, 1½-1.

Temple Games Results

Team

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Pendants Won

Red Jaguars

Won

Tied

Lost

1 Pendant

Silver Snakes

Lost

Tied

Won

1½ Pendants

Temple Run

Casey was slightly hesitant at first, but not enough to cause significant delay until the Tomb of the Headless Kings, where he met his first Temple Guard. He spent a while pulling on the same ropes over and over, hoping for bones to drop from the ceiling; when he found the skull, he tried putting it on the stage-right king from in front, but his clever plan did not work. He had a little trouble putting it on the thorax from behind, but eventually, the door into the Jester's Court opened after he tried both kings. It took him almost 40 seconds to progress from the Tomb, but in the Jester's Court, he cost the team even more time— not only did he press himself against all three wall paintings, but he had to try two of the paintings twice. He entered the room with 1:52 to go, and spent a total 38 seconds in the Jester's Court before making it out of the room. The stage-right tree in the Dark Forest started waving its arms in an attempt to catch Casey even before he reached into the hole for the key, but the Temple Spirit eventually caught Casey with exactly a minute on the clock. Heather raced in and did a good job of following Casey's path to the Dark Forest, but when she got there, she did something no other contestant had ever done. After finding no key, she went to the back of the room and opened the golden door WITH HER BARE HANDS (Kirk did not take note of this— he assumed Heather had the key when she went to open the door). With seventeen seconds on the clock, Heather started to climb up the ladder into the darkness, but predictably, the door at the other end of the passageway was not open, preventing her from entering the Shrine of the Silver Monkey. She headed back down the ladder into the Dark Forest, but time ran out just as she decided to climb back up and try the door again—suggesting that she was not aware she cheated.